Improvement in heads for picture-nails



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HEMAN P. BROOKS, OF VVOLCOTTVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO TUR- NER St CLARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEADS FOR PICTURE-NAILS, 86C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,781 dated February 20, 1,866.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEMAN P. BROOKS, of Wolcottville, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Heads for Picture-Nails, Knobs, Tassel-Hooks, Sto., and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a nail and my improved head. Fig. 2 is a section of the back piece, a, of the head. Fig. Sis a sction of the wooden body I) of said head; and Fig. 4.- `"is a sectionof the ornamental surface or ring c.

Similar marks ot' reference denote the same parts..

Ornamental heads and knobs have heretofore been made to screw upon a metal nail or pin.` yThe head has in these cases been providefd with a metal nut attached to the inside of' the metal head by solder or otherwise.

Irl order to afford sufticieut strength. for turning the head and yscrewing it upon the nail), the metal employed has necessarilybeen thici-k, while a much thinner metal could have beelgl used, there being little or no strain on the` Aornamental head, had it not been for the twis ting'of the head in screwing it on.

T e nature of my said invention consists in a voegden body forming the nut to the ornamentail head, which is screwed upon the nail or othe r( article, and forms al support to the orname ital portion of the head and does not require a screw-thread to be cut in it, as in articles of metal, as the thread is formed in the hole of the wooden bodyin the act of screwing the head upon the nail or pin.

In the drawings the back piece, a, is shown of sheet-metal. The body b, of Wood, is introduced within said back piece. The ring c is then placed on and secures the porcelain con- Vex ornament d or any other character of ornamental surface. The edges of c are to be turned over at the back of' the edges of the wooden body b, so as to efectually secure the ornamental surface to said wooden body.

In the center of said wooden body b is a hole, so that the same may be screwed upon the end of the nail e, tassel-hook, or other article formed with a screw-thread at the end.

My ornamental head is very easily made, is cheap and strong, and the wooden bodytilling the metal covering prevents that covering being injured even if quite thin metal is used for the ornamental covering of said body, and the metal ring` c, being tightly compressed or turned over the edges of the wooden body b, causes that rin g and the body to turn together in screwing or uuscrewing said body b and nail e.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t, is

The head for picture-nails, knobs, or tasselhooks, formed with a wooden body or nut and an ornamental metallic covering or surface, in the manner specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 24th day of November, 1865. HEMAN P. BROOKS. Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, GHAs. H. SMITH. 

